I'm usually the last one to blame losses on refs. I can't stand when fans of opposing teams do it and I can't stand when the same Celtics fans always seem to do it. That said the extra preferential treatment that LeBron got yesterday at the end of a close game irritated me to no end. I'm sure everyone saw the Pierce charge call that should have been a LeBron foul (since LeBron was obviously still moving), but the above play was even worse in my mind. I remember tweeting how he took his crab dribble, then a jump stop, and then used another pivot foot. Talking to Banner 18 in the shout box today he wouldn't even say it was a travel. It was more than that. It was an adventure.

Check the video up above. No one call decides a game? I call BS. In a game that goes to OT, one damn call at the end means a ton. I will never understand why all baseball hitters have the exact same strike zones, but the "elite" NBA stars get to play by their own rules. And you know even if LeBron took two more steps (what would that be 6? 7?) they still wouldn't have called it.

we need more videos like dis ok LBJ playing his own game and refs riding along!!!! i should follow LBJ on tweeter and jst tweet him dese videos in a spree!! LOL.....if he has any conscience he will stop playing in the NBA and maybe start his own league...LBJBA?

I say while we're at it, why don't we go back and strip Michael Jordan of all his Championships for all the traveling he got away with in his Stern rigged NBA career as well. Oh yeah and Kobe too. I'm just glad the Celtics haven't traveled yet this series. They are all just so technically and fundamentally sound.

Well the thing is Edu this basket happened with 48 seconds left in regulation and the game ended up a tie after 4 quarters, so instead of Pierce holding the ball with 20 seconds left and a tie game it would have been a 2 point lead for the C's and the Heat would be fouling. If we hit two FT's game's over. If we miss a FT the Heat would still have to hit a 3 just to force OT. Major no call here imho.

EDU....obviously dats not the only reason we lost!! we gave away the huge lead no doubt...our offense was weak...but remember da game went to OT...if dis basket wasnt counted (which wud be correct)...we wudda WON!!!..so damn right regardless of our weak play..we wudda still won!!...BUT having said dat...lets play harder, tougher and filled wid CELTICS PRIDE...and WIN the series, regardless of how many travellings LBJ does and how many wrong calls the refs make....I KNOW, AND BELIEVE CELTICS CAN DO IT!

Edu, i dont blame this on the loss, but you can look at Rondo's missed layup that wouldve gave us the lead, then you look at this bucket that shouldve been waved off, you know.

But no - im not blaming this one specific play on the loss.The defense was good down the stretch of the game, but it seemed like everytime the C's got the ball, they turned it over or missed a shot/took a bad shot (PPs potential game winner).

The refs have favored Lebron for years, and in game 1 anyone who touched wade was called out.... Be that as it may, we just have to play our game... Lebron and his merry band of idiots will get what they have coming to them.

Yea great post, and I agree I don't want to even talk about the officials anymore. This series has been up and down, but it always cracks me up to hear a Heat fan crying conspiracy. Bosh/Wade/Lebron combined for the most free throws among a trio in NBA history, if I'm a Miami fan I don't bite the hand that feeds. We all know the agenda, home cooking and star treatment always applies. Last years finals, especially game 7 was marred with poor officiating and every game the losing team had something to gripe about. It's really bad for the game.

This play by Lebron though, it becomes a matter of integrity for the league. LeCharge gets away with enough as it is on both sides of the ball but when you have a guy playing hop scotch and trademarking his own dribbling move, it's pretty much making a mockery of officiating.

LeBron travels a lot and gets away with it and it is irritating. But what makes me really mad is the way he gets to dip his shoulder into players and plow them over and get the calls in his favor. It's a charge every time he dips that shoulder and bulls his way to the basket. But, he rarely gets called for it. I really hate that no matter what team they are playing. If David Stern wants to start a respect for the game campaign he should start with that.

The refs are on their knees to lebron cause they want to see him with a ring!!!!!!! But guess what they have to do more then get on their knees cuase even if they win dallas is going to eat their nalgas

thats a hop step which technically is a travel but refs usually don't call it much in the nba, especially in these situations where the game is on the line. everyone travels in the nba not just lebron. That being said he does travel alot (see: crab dribble). Boston still lost though because they could not execute at the end.

You morons have no right to complain about refs. Look at game 2 of the 08 finals, you guys shot 38-10 in free-throws. Leon Powe shot more free-throws then the entire laker team. You see laker fans crying about it? I dont think so. Maybe because laker fan base isn't made up on a bunch of cry babys AKA celtic fans.

Funny part is you know it's true. You know the celtics are one and done champs, you know this series has been over since celtics were down 2-0, and you def know this era is over. lol you know anything about basketball? Whenever celtics lose you scrubs go to the first excuse."Perkins was injured", "OMG STERN FIXED THE SERIES!!!".

Hey Phenor I don't hear you discussing the bullshit from Game 7 last year when the fourth quarter was officiated entirely different than the first three quarters, allowing the Flakers to win an NBA title.

First of all the laker dynasty is not over, You're a moron if you think so. Second of all at least we have a dynasty, and not just a one and done team. and @ tb727, typical cry baby celtic fan. SOMEBODY CALL THE WHHAAAMBULANCE looks like the celDICK fans are crying.

phenor jenkins or maybe aka Jenks. Your Lakers showed their true colors, you should have your head buried in the dirt right now, with the way your beloved Lakers went out. Just embarrassing.

Anyway why are you hear? Did they shut down lakernation, the way the Mavs shutdown the Lakers.

And since we're discussing the past, Laker fans should never have anything to say about anyone complaining about refs ... 02 WCF ANYONE? Kobe and Co. was handed that series in a pretty little purple and pissed out bag, tied up in a pretty little bow made out of Sterns pubic hairs. Karma's a bitch, she may be slow sometimes, but she finally made her way to Hollyweird, in the form of Dirk, Jet, Barea, Kidd, 3pt bombs and Co.

Jenks - i already knew it was you from Lakernation. i saw your little comment telling your laker pals to troll celticslife articles.. really dude? smh - thats ridiculous. and we had some pretty mutual conversations in the past. (ABCD) wtf man.

you arent winning any battle here, so you might as well hop over back to your site. Celtics ARE STILL IN THE PLAYOFFS - lakers are back in the studio making a new script for next season. Im sure Derek Fisher will act out his part VERRRY well! LMFAOOOO!!!!! -that was gonna be my closing argument, but i wanna stick around =D

Look...doesn't matter if Lebron got away with that call or not. What irks me was how that final play of the regulation went down in flames. What happened there? It's more than just a botched play, it's about communication breaking down. You can clearly see PP getting frustrated.

And to the fakers fans who say, "oh we're gonna rebuild faster than celtics did LOL. at least we didn't take 17 years LOL"...

If anything the competition was STRONGER when there was 10 teams since there was no overexpansion or watered-down NBA product. Imagine the league cut down to 120 players today from 450, how much stronger the competition would be and how much more challenging it'd be to win a title?

Hey Jenks, I just went to lakernation, they need you back. They're discussing replacing the whole team again, like they did right after the SWEEP. Talk about not being real fans.

I can't wait til next years PO's, to see the new NBA Commercials. The basketball talking about how he got tired of the Mavs players throwing him into the hoop from 20+ feet out and watching the Lakers players stand there with those confused looks on their faces... should make for some good tv.

It would be impossible to 8-peat in todays league.... Longer playoff rounds, more traveling. If you really think it is harder to win in a 10 team format with no salary cap then in a 30 team format with a salary cap then ur plain dumb. all ur rings were in the weak era.

ahh goodness..im done w/this.jenks wont leave. he'll probably be here in the morning. and probably during the game cause he has no Laker game to watch unless he is watching a rerun of the Mavs Lakers series on nbatv..lol

phenor jenkins said...anon, obviously ur dumb. If they don't count championships in a 10 team formant and no cap they wouldn't count those. We would be way ahead in rings tho.

^^^You can tell the real fans from the fake ones when they don't even know their own team's history... 9 of the Lakers titles came when they were in Minneapolis...hence the name "Lakers." Maybe we should also add that the Celtics beat the Lakers 6 times during that "10 team format." Lakers fans are by far the most delusional fanbase in sports.

"If you really think it is harder to win in a 10 team format with no salary cap then in a 30 team format with a salary cap then ur plain dumb. all ur rings were in the weak era."

Now he's coming up with excuses. YAWN. If I really think about it, you should just leave this conversation right now.

"Anonymous you just proved phil's greatness as the greatest coach. As a laker fan, of course i knew that."

I'll admit his greatness in bringing the players together to work towards a common goal, but I won't admit that winning those rings was part of his greatness. As another anon has said, "I'll like to see him try his Zen shit with the Clippers."

I knew from the start that this game was going to be influenced by the refs. Opening foul by Wade on KG, you could actually hear the sound of Wade hitting KG on the head and it was just a normal foul. Couple of possessions later, with JO fouling James and he actually made play on the ball and it was called flagrant and 1. One possession = 5 points! and all of a sudden they're back on the game. With the weak mentality of the Heat, us going up huge in that 1st qrt and they would've just given up!

With the Lakers already kicked out of this, I'm sure its going to be arranged for Miami and Dallas to appear in the finals, unfortunate for the other teams more deserving than Miami. Makes sense for the $$$$NBA$$$$.

Celtics is still there though, but they have to win big so that official influence can be taken out. They've already gave Miami twice, 5point possessions this series!

@phenor! dude gotta hand tis out to u. wait i don even know if i shud i be callin u "dude" after all! haha you faggot! ask kobe to itch ur hairy butt coz tats all theyd wana do now after losing to dirk! CELTICS FOR LIFE!

Unfortunately, I don't have video but Wade traveled during the game as well. It happened when he stole the ball from KG I believe. After the theft, he dribbled once, gathered the ball in one hand, switched it to the other and started dribbling again. Not to mention the two steps he took while passing the ball between his hands.

@phenor jenkins Dude, you must be pretty smug from what you said about the celtics. Here's the thing: no one gives a shit about you. So, put your fucking boner away and listen: You can either stop this nonsense and walk away with your pride, or continue it and look like a fuck head. Your choice